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bombing squadrons. But it is a scattered city with a topography more easily readable from the air, unlike Chungking, whose narrow streets and closely-packed houses make it easy for even small bombs to reap a grim havoc in dead and injured.

With the moving of the Gov- ernment offices to Chengtu, the excuse of "military necessity" used by the Japanese spokesmen to "justify" the reckless bombing of Chungking and concomitant wholesale slaughter is now wholly invalid. Even though 'events at Nanking and Hankow and the All the signs point to swift ap-hardly denote the existence of any present bombing of Chungking

THE SHOWDOWN APPROACHING

humanitarian instincts in

the

proach of the showdown in Europe-the bluff-calling or cala-hearts of Japan's war-lords and mity. Cards are beginning to ap-air-lords, yet perhaps Chungking pear on the table. Conversion of

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the Berlin-Rome Axis into a may now be spared on grounds of political and military alliance is economy. The lives of the poor the biggest that has been played are tragically cheap in China, and

bombs cost money. yet, and while that, too, may be just as much a bluff card as many played before, it at least clears Peace Must Be Earned the position importantly and gives The attainment of peace, the Democracies a better perspec- the world is gradually coming to tive in estimating the power of realise, is not an easy task. The their own hands.

fact is that peace has got to be One very valuable result should earned; it cannot be carelessly accrue. The Axis alliance should picked off the nearest bramble rid Mr. Chamberlain of his most bush. It is a state of thought dangerous illusion, the belief that which has to be carefully nurtur- the Axis partnership could be ed, before it can bear, fruit in a broken in a game of high money man's daily living. stakes. There should be no fur- The breakdown in so many

of ther pursuit of this Will-o'-the- the peace conferences has been Wisp. The Premier is free to due to the disregard of the re- concentrate his attention on the quirements of peace. No men, anti-aggression front, and will distraught in their own minds, perhaps now see that half-mea-ravaged by care, disturbed by the sures are dangerous, particularly urge of self-interest and greed, in dealing with so potentially are in any fit state to come valuable an ally as Soviet Russia. terms with peace.

The Government appears to We have been accustomed, re- have acted completely oblivious to cently, to seeing pictures of peace, public opinion in this matter. As personified as a forsaken dove or that excellently wise Conserva- as a woman bound with chains. tive critic of the Government, Nothing, of course, is further "The Yorkshire Post," put it the from the truth. Peace, itself, is. other day, there are large masses never bound; it is mankind who, "whose instinctive suspicion of deserting peace,

seem forsaken

to

the Dictators has led them to and imprisoned by their own. conclude however unwarrant- wilfulness.

ably that a British Government

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so ready to accept flimsy promises Pace Of Social

and transparent assurances from

Hitler and Mussolini_must itself Reform

be inclined towards Fascism.”

In other words, public opinion In the present century the pace is not only "stirred," anxious, ex-of social reform has quickened,. asperated. It is becoming sus- taking shape in the institution of picious.

old age pensions, unemployment

Those suspicions have been insurance, health insurance, pub- considerably increased.. by the lic housing, slum clearance, "and. suggestion of dilly-dally policy much else; but even this steady over the Soviet Pact. Britain has drive forward has failed to keep been disinclined to go as far as up with the ever-growing demand the Soviet suggested in the way for improved standards of living of alliance, and the reluctances of and greater benefits from the: Poland and Rumania have been machines to which the workers: used for excuse, although it is are tied. admitted that the negotiations! The success of statsmanship. with Turkey have been hanging to-day may be measured by the on Anglo-Soviet understanding. degree in which it satisfies the Now that Berlin and Rome universal demand for social have made their position quite readjustment-a demand, which,. clear; even while discreet con-being unsatisfied, lies at the cerning the purpose of staff talks root of much of the disturbance, and the procession of high Ger- national and international, of our man military chiefs to Libya; time.

Mr. Chamberlain has a duty clear. Yet the parallel growth of the This is no time to quibble over war mentality is making it more the precise terms of anti-aggres- than ever difficult sion undertakings, as long as due and over-due they cover every possible contin- gency.

Moving Again

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to carry out. measures of social reform. Britain is faced with a colossal expenditure on armaments unparalleled in time: of peace

- an expenditure. to which at present no limit is set. China's war-time capital is When King George VI's Speech again moving west, this time to was recently read in Parliament the city of Chengtu, where the the Government was not unrea- majority of the various Govern-sonably congratulated on con....... ment offices are now busily “mov- triving to make room for mea-- ing in wahbareng, cal mi

sures dealing with the treatment Apart from political considera- or criminals, agriculture, public tions, this decision will, it is to be health, and many other matters. hoped, spare the lives of many Fifty or sixty years ago, such a hundreds of Chungking's popula-programme of legislation would tion now living in daily fear of have been thought creditable, for another murderous attack from a single session of Parliament.